Mauritania: Further information on: Fear of torture or ill-treatment/Incommunicado detention

22 November 2004, Index number: AFR 38/008/2004

Jemil Ould Mansour, Cheikh Mohamed El Hacen Ould Dedew and El Moctar Ould Mohamed Moussa, who were released on 16 October, were rearrested on 2 November in the capital, Nouakchott. Amnesty International considers them to be prisoners of conscience, detained solely for their religious and political beliefs.